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The Future of Networking: Beyond Cat6, Finding Mentors, Feeding Relationships, Furthering Your Career
The document discusses finding mentors, building relationships, and furthering your career. It encourages finding mentors outside your direct reports and in your community. It also stresses the importance of maintaining relationships by sharing content, celebrating others, and being an active community member. The final point is that an individual's future career is shaped by networking within their community and continuously learning new skills.
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The Future of Networking: Beyond Cat6, Finding Mentors, Feeding Relationships, Furthering Your Career
- 1. @CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc. The Future of Networking: Beyond Cat6, Finding Mentors, Feeding Relationships, Furthering Your Career Amy H. Lewis | @CommsNinja Director of Influence Marketing, NSBU February 27, 2018
- 2. 2@CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc.
- 3. @CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc. 3 Community builder, org chart enthusiast, Geek Whisperer, closet techie, @CommsNinja Who am I?
- 4. 4@CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc. Finding Mentors Who are they and where are they hiding? Who has a career you admire? • Job title • Work they do • Public happiness Who has strengths you want to work toward? • Career progression or navigation • Salary wizard • Public speaking • Job specific skills How structured are you?
- 5. 5@CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc.
- 6. 6@CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc. Pop Quiz: Do mentors have to be above you on the food chain?
- 7. 7@CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc. You can learn from anyone and everyone!
- 8. 8@CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc. Your boss is not your mentor. She’s your boss.
- 9. 9@CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc. Feeding Relationships Because they don’t feed themselves Do you give or just take? Set calendar reminders, form good habits! • Share content with everyone once a week • Say thank you to content creators you follow, ask questions, offer feedback • Celebrate birthdays • Let people know they matter to you What do you do to build and maintain relationships?
- 10. 10@CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc. Build community BEFORE you need it.
- 11. 11@CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc. Furthering Your Career What have you done for you lately? Become an active part of your community • Move from attendee to coordinator, speaker, blogger! Consider breadth and not just depth of expertise Meet new people, learn new things
- 12. 12@CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc. The future of networking is you!
- 13. 13@CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc.
- 14. @CommsNinja │ ©2018VMware, Inc. #ThankYou
Editor's Notes
- #5 Does the person have to know they’re your mentor?
- #8 But with every rule there’s an exception.
- #9 With every rule, there’s an exception. She can be a secret mentor or someone you learn from, but separate the two concepts.
- #10 Clicking accept on LinkedIn is not enough.
- #12 Use today to learn not just the technology, but more about the people around you.
- #13 But only 5 cats so far, so . . .
- #14 You were promised cat6, here he is.